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Theatre Review: Anton Chekhov’s Seagull at the Arcola

Posted on 22/06/2011 by Robert Cotter and saved under Theatre Reviews

Several weeks back, whilst waiting to get some money out of the cash-point at the Dalston Junction crossroads, I noticed a dead seagull on the road. It’s a bit rare to see these agile, corpulent birds as victims of city traffic, it must have been kamikaze-diving for some fast food…

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Uncle Vanya: The Arcola review

Posted on 03/05/2011 by Robert Cotter and saved under Lead, Theatre Reviews

Last Thursday I went along for my second visit to the recently relocated Arcola Theatre for a performance of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. My first trip there had been to Studio 2, a space not altogether dissimilar to the theatre’s old spaces on Arcola St, for an evening of short,…

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Vive la revolución!! Word: Play 4 – The Arcola

Posted on 11/03/2011 by Robert Cotter and saved under Theatre Reviews

With their move to new premises complete and the clamour of the first new show – Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s high profile The Painter – now behind them, I decided to go along to the Arcola on a more subdued evening to get a feel for the new place. For one week…

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Arcola Theatre: Out with a Blast!

Posted on 20/12/2010 by Robert Cotter and saved under Lead, Theatre

The Arcola Theatre have recently staged their final productions at their old home on Arcola Street. Based there for the past decade, the owner of the site has decided it’s time for some more luxury apartments in the area and consequently the theatre have found a new home on Ashwin…

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